A panel displays pictures of residents who died in the 1984 Bhopal disaster at the forensic department of a hospital in Bhopal.Reuters 
Handicapped children sing during a ceremony in Bhopal.Reuters 
A girl carries water in a slum area next to the Union Carbide Corp pesticide plant in Bhopal.Reuters 
Eleven-year-old Salu Raikwar, who was born with six fingers on both hands, walks in a slum area next to the Union Carbide Corp pesticide plant in Bhopal.Reuters 
Broken valves are left in the former laboratory of a Union Carbide Corp, now part of Dow Chemical Co, pesticide plant in Bhopal.Reuters 
A sticker is seen next to a panel in the control room of the abandoned former Union Carbide Corp pesticide plant in Bhopal.Reuters 
People wait to receive medicine at a clinic supported by Bhopal Medical Appeal.Reuters 
Trees frame a rusting building at the abandoned former Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal.Reuters 
Sixty-four-year-old Zafar Ahmed, receives treatment at a clinic supported by Bhopal Medical Appeal in Bhopal.Reuters 
Five-year-old Saagar, who suffers from mental and physical disabilities is held by his mother Komal, as she poses for a picture at their house in a slum in Bhopal.Reuters 
A boy receives treatment at a rehabilitation centre supported by Bhopal Medical Appeal.Reuters 
A reactor tank stands among the ruins of the abandoned former Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal.Reuters 
A girl who suffers from hearing and speech disorders at a rehabilitation centre supported by Bhopal Medical Appeal, for children who are born with mental and physical disabilities.Reuters 
A network of pipes rust at the abandoned former Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal.Reuters 
A view of a neighbourhood next to the abandoned former Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal.Reuters 
Three-year-old Abdul, who suffers from mental and physical disabilities, with his mother Rukhsana at their house in Bhopal.Reuters 
A sign outlining emergency procedures, in the event of a gas leak, stands against a wall in the control room in Bhopal gas plant.Reuters 
Thick dust covers chemical bottles in a laboratory at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal.Reuters
It's been 30 years since Bhopal gas tragedy occurred on the night of 2 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) where cyanide gas accidently leaked into the air, killing thousands of residents in the capital city of Madhya Pradesh.
More than one lakh people are still suffering the aftermath of the mishap and children are still born with twisted limbs, brain disorders and many other problems. Other diseases like cancer, neurological disorders and blindness among other such illnesses are also part of the city landscape.
The water is said to be contaminated affecting the health of people and a recent report suggested that the chemicals in drinking water in some colonies of the city matched with the water within the site.
Even after 30 years, tonnes of waste remain in the underground, where thousand were buried following the tragedy.
Meanwhile, various activists have filed a petition in the US courts against the multinational company to endure the cost of the cleanup, but Union Carbide, which spent almost $2 million to clean the site, said that the Indian government had taken control of the land in 1998.
"While Union Carbide continues to have the utmost respect and sympathy for the victims, we find that many of the issues being discussed today have already been resolved and responsibilities assigned for those that remain," Tomm F Sprick, Director of Union Carbide Information Center, told the Thomson Reuters in an email.
Meanwhile, Dr DK Satpathy, Forensic expert, who had performed autopsies on 11,000 bodies, all related to the 1984 gas leak has shared his memories of the tragic day with Mint.
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